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The War on Christmas

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lostwanderingsoul

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Businesses are afraid to use the word Christmas in their advertising for fear of offending someone. Soon all we will hear is "Happy mid-winter non-religious celebration to you." It might not be a war on Christmas but it is taking the holiday away from Christians in order to not offend non-Christians.
 
Jumi

Jumi

Well-Known Member
I haven't seen any evidence for a war on Christmas. I think sales are going as well as economic situation permits.
 
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lostwanderingsoul

Well-Known Member
Christmas has not expanded from the one day event it is. Only the greed of store owners has expanded to try to sell as much as they can. It is all about the money not the holiday.
 
sun rise

sun rise

The world is on fire
Premium Member
Christmas should be about the birth of the Christ. Commercialized seasonal hype should have nothing to do with that event. Some businesses do believe that they'll increase profits by removing Christian symbols this time of year. People will either reward or punish them financially. But what a business does or does not do is separate from believers celebrating the Christ in churches or in the church of their own hearts.
 
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columbus

yawn <ignore> yawn
After several centuries of Christian dominance over winter solstice celebration, it's starting to recognize the existence of the rest of us.
If Christian partipation in the orgy of consumerism dropped off, so would black Friday trashing Thanksgiving, etc.
Tom
 
Father Heathen

Father Heathen

Veteran Member
lostwanderingsoul said:
Businesses are afraid to use the word Christmas in their advertising for fear of offending someone. Soon all we will hear is "Happy mid-winter non-religious celebration to you." It might not be a war on Christmas but it is taking the holiday away from Christians in order to not offend non-Christians.
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First, the holiday wasn't originally Christian to begin with. It was originally pagan celebrations of the winter solstice; i.e. Yuletide, Saturnalia, etc. It was only Christianized by the church a few centuries after Christ was to have been born (which according to scholars wouldn't actually have been in December.)

Second, no one actually finds "Merry Christmas" offensive, at least not in any substantial numbers. Some businesses simply think that it's sensible to use a broader, more general and generic greeting seeing as every customer might not celebrate Christmas. It's about inclusion, and "Happy Holidays" also covers Christmas. It just happens to cover other celebrations as well. If there is any "war", it's on society's growing acceptance of non-christian practices.
 
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SkepticThinker

SkepticThinker

Veteran Member
lostwanderingsoul said:
Christmas has not expanded from the one day event it is. Only the greed of store owners has expanded to try to sell as much as they can. It is all about the money not the holiday.
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Well there's that too - there has been an expansion. Lots of people decorate their homes in November, radio stations are already playing Christmas music, and Santa Claus parades usually occur some time in November. Christmas isn't going anywhere.
 
Rick O'Shez

Rick O'Shez

Irishman bouncing off walls
I have been waging a personal bah-humbug pro-pagan war on Christmas for many years but people have been so brainwashed that it's an uphill struggle. :p
 
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